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Re:The early 90s tech scene that created L0pht, the legendar... by ValentineC on Saturday March 18, 2023 @09:17PM (#35214972)
> We ended up kicking out a couple of people that ceased to contribute to the common good even if they paid.

As a member of a hackerspace myself who's always wondering how to get rid of bad eggs: how does this "kicking out" process happen for the L0pht? Who gets to quantify their sweat equity and decide?

Re:The early 90s tech scene that created L0pht, the legendar... by ta988 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @12:55AM (#35216170)
Kicking people out can be tricky depending on the structure and bylaws of a given place. I've seen different kinds and you'll always have a part of your members that wilm think it is too much and others not enough. In the end what caused 99.9% of the issues I saw in the hackerspaces I've been part of wasn't the people kicked out arbitrarly or too lightly, it was that abusing people were allowed to stay for too long. The reasons were multiple. But in the end if you want to keep the culture alive you have to remove the elements that work against that culture. Or start/find a new place if the whole culture shifts with the majority of the members.
Re:The early 90s tech scene that created L0pht, the legendar... by weld on Sunday March 19, 2023 @09:42AM (#35218816)
It was unanimous except for the person getting kicked out. The violations of rules or lack of effort was given ample warning to be corrected.